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1462

Year 1462 was a Common Year Starting On Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .

EVENTS OF 1462

Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands.

March 28 - Death of Vasili II Of Russia . Succeeded by his son Ivan III Of Russia .

June 17 - Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in the Night Attack , and the latter is forced to retreat from Wallachia .

September 17 - Battle Of Świecino , called also Battle of Żarnowiec, during Thirteen Years' War

Jews expelled from Mainz , Germany

BIRTHS

January 2 - Piero Di Cosimo , Italian artist (died 1521 )

February 1 - Johannes Trithemius , German scholar and cryptographer (died 1516 )

June 27 - Louis XII Of France (died 1515 )

''date unknown''

--- Joanna La Beltraneja , princess of Castile (died 1530 )

--- Jodocus Badius , Flemish printer (died 1535 )

''probable'' - Edmund Dudley , minister of Henry VII of England (died 1510 )

DEATHS

February 26 - John De Vere, 12th Earl Of Oxford (born 1408 )

March 27 - Vasili II Of Russia , Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415 )

''date unknown''

--- Esen Buqa II , King of Moghulistan

--- Niccolo Of Lesbos , last Prince of Lesbos

--- Dài Jìn , Chinese painter (b. 1388 )